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I like how the last lines make it sound like the real fight is just getting started.
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# ? Feb 3, 2010 04:30 |
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# ? May 13, 2024 09:54 |
Sindai posted:I like how the last lines make it sound like the real fight is just getting started. I remember when I thought like you did. It's so nostalgic and heart-warming, yet depressing all the while.
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# ? Feb 3, 2010 04:57 |
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I was being sarcastic. Maybe next round Ippo will lightly tap him twice.
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# ? Feb 3, 2010 05:44 |
"It was dramatic when the hero was on the ropes and trying to figure out how to win, so it'll be even more dramatic if's he on the ropes far longer!" -Every Terrible Shounen Author
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# ? Feb 3, 2010 05:48 |
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NovaPolice posted:"It was dramatic when the hero was on the ropes and trying to figure out how to win, so it'll be even more dramatic if's he on the ropes far longer!" -Every Terrible Shounen Author "now let's put the antagonist against the ropes. yes, have him literally bounce off the ropes...excellent, excellent"
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# ? Feb 3, 2010 21:07 |
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Cap N' Crunch posted:"now let's put the antagonist against the ropes. yes, have him literally bounce off the ropes...excellent, excellent" Now we will have four former rivals cheering him on from the sidelines! And his girlfriend faints, because gently caress women. haha, it's funny because Ippo will never get any pussy.
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# ? Feb 4, 2010 03:29 |
Y'know, when's the last time it made a point to show Kumi at one of his matches?
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# ? Feb 4, 2010 04:01 |
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Kumi is just Ippo's beard. She has barely been relevant to the story since she was first introduced, aside from that one time Mashiba went apeshit but still lost against on her behalf.
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# ? Feb 4, 2010 04:08 |
883 Raw is up. What happens? Well, let's see...: - Lots of talking. - More talking. - Some more talking. - Ippo charges Woli at the start of the round, but he vanishes using ninja-monkey powers. - Turns out Woli can wall-cling like Spiderman. The loving hell. - WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALL JUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMP. I hope he gets the gently caress shoryuken'd out of his face in the next chapter. This is god drat ridiculous. gently caress you and your horrible pacing, Mori.
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# ? Feb 9, 2010 11:43 |
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Ippo's seriously braindamaged now. He's just purely imagining poo poo. There's no way this bullshit is happening.
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# ? Feb 9, 2010 20:06 |
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Wow, Woli is a genius. Ya, just chilling here, ignoring gravity. Been taking some ninja temp classes, you know. Gravity? That image perfectly encapsulates this fight I think. Matlock Birthmark fucked around with this message at 21:10 on Feb 9, 2010 |
# ? Feb 9, 2010 20:06 |
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Anyone else have this feeling that we could replace every utterance of the word "Woli" with "Sasuke" and it wouldn't change anything at all?
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# ? Feb 9, 2010 20:11 |
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Woli doesn't hate.
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# ? Feb 9, 2010 20:37 |
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Woli is riding an invisible flying motorcycle
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# ? Feb 9, 2010 20:47 |
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Ahahahahahahha! Takamura in one of his super-insight moments says something like "he became a monkey" all serious-like. Yeah, Woli is officially in monkey-mode right now. gently caress this manga.
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# ? Feb 9, 2010 21:04 |
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The manga might be terrible now, but this thread is great. Threads born of hatred are the best kind.
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# ? Feb 9, 2010 22:09 |
Serious Frolicking posted:The manga might be terrible now, but this thread is great. Threads born of hatred are the best kind.
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# ? Feb 9, 2010 22:13 |
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Geop posted:I just want it to be interesting again. Is that so much to ask? Woli says: Yes, yes it is. Excuse me while I go levitate using monkey magic.
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# ? Feb 9, 2010 23:17 |
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I'm going to laugh if Ippo shocks all of us by catching Woli in his monkey jump. "YEAH YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH BETTER THAN ME IN EVERYTHING BOXING RELATED. BUT YOU'LL NEVER TAKE MY TITLE OF VIOLENT MEAT HEADED ANIMAL!!!" Dempsey Roll to Monkey Leap, Woli dies instantly. Manga ends.
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# ? Feb 9, 2010 23:32 |
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Geop posted:883 Raw is up. Jesus loving Christ. Why the hell did I even bother to get caught up with this series if this is the bullshit the author is going to pull out of his rear end? "IS THERE NOTHING ELSE I CAN LEARN FROM MAKUNOUCHI BESIDES HOW TO BE A BRAINDEAD MEAT SHIELD? REALLY AND TRULY? THERE IS NOTHING ELSE FOR ME TO LEARN HERE? AM I SURE? PERHAPS I BETTER REPEAT THIS TEN TIMES A PAGE!" "HURRR I WILL NOT LOSE TO YOUR LOVE OF BOXING FOR TRULY I FEEL THE SAME WAY WOLI!" BULLSHIT POWER OF HEART ENDING TO THIS FIGHT IMMINENT! gently caress this series. The only good thing about catching up was that it inspired me to reread Tarou. musouka fucked around with this message at 00:30 on Feb 10, 2010 |
# ? Feb 10, 2010 00:27 |
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Matlock Birthmark posted:Gravity? That image perfectly encapsulates this fight I think. I don't even know where to begin with this.
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# ? Feb 10, 2010 00:28 |
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Matlock Birthmark posted:Gravity? That image perfectly encapsulates this fight I think.
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# ? Feb 10, 2010 00:43 |
I love the gonk-face Ippo's corner is rocking
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# ? Feb 10, 2010 00:45 |
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Matlock Birthmark posted:Wow, Woli is a genius. Ya, just chilling here, ignoring gravity. Been taking some ninja temp classes, you know. Oh lord, everyone in the audience just looks so disgusted.
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# ? Feb 10, 2010 01:31 |
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Show us the super-special Monkey Punch Woli-sama!!! Obviously you cannot learn any boxing out of that punching bag. Japanese Spirit can only be harnessed by Japanese guys, you know.
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# ? Feb 10, 2010 03:22 |
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Oh, I get it. It's a Groundhog's Day joke guys.
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# ? Feb 10, 2010 03:36 |
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It's going to end ridiculously. Woli will lose because the monkeys (not being predators) didn't teach him killer instinct and will never fight again because of this fatal flaw.
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# ? Feb 10, 2010 10:46 |
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furiouskoala posted:It's going to end ridiculously. Woli will lose because the monkeys (not being predators) didn't teach him killer instinct and will never fight again because of this fatal flaw. That assumes it will end, which at this point I'm suspicious of being that optimistic
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# ? Feb 10, 2010 11:06 |
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Wasn't the author propping this fight up as kind of a throw back to the good old days before it started?
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# ? Feb 10, 2010 15:51 |
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Sojourn posted:Wasn't the author propping this fight up as kind of a throw back to the good old days before it started? Its been so long, the author forgot what the good old days where all about.
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# ? Feb 10, 2010 16:00 |
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Matlock Birthmark posted:Gravity? That image perfectly encapsulates this fight I think. this fiiiight
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# ? Feb 10, 2010 16:11 |
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I am pretending that this is a new manga and Woli is the main character.
Fuzzy Pipe Wrench fucked around with this message at 20:28 on Feb 10, 2010 |
# ? Feb 10, 2010 16:51 |
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Sojourn posted:Wasn't the author propping this fight up as kind of a throw back to the good old days before it started? I suppose it's true, in the sense it's the same old bullshit we've been complaining about since forever, and he was helpful enough to amplify it by A BILLION.
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# ? Feb 10, 2010 20:12 |
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Matlock Birthmark posted:Gravity? That image perfectly encapsulates this fight I think. Cool I'd been thinking punches breaking the sound barrier and loose gloves working as extending fists weren't nearly absurd and impossible enough to keep me captivated. Another wonderful step further away from the laws of physics for Morikawa, excellent. There's a guy on the right of that pic that looks very distraught with "BOXING" on his shirt. He represents the sport as a whole and its opinion of this moment.
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# ? Feb 10, 2010 23:21 |
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I think i'll start rereading this and hoping the last few fights never happen. This poo poo is starting to get worse than Baki (Which, based on a few chapters seems to consist of revealing ULTIMATE MOVES to each other, homoerotic posing and looking like )
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# ? Feb 11, 2010 23:22 |
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Matlock Birthmark posted:Gravity? That image perfectly encapsulates this fight I think. He has spikes on the bottom of his shoes. This is cheating, so Woli will be disqualified and Ippo wins by default. You heard it here first folks!!
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# ? Feb 12, 2010 00:08 |
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I'm guessing Ippo will stay standing through the entire fight, and then the judges will give him the win on points because he is a japanese champ in Japan fighting a foreigner.
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# ? Feb 12, 2010 00:53 |
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So, is there a decent alternative to this manga out there? I need something with the same general premise (doesn't have to be boxing) to fill the void now that I'm no longer reading it.
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# ? Feb 12, 2010 01:37 |
Maybe Berserk if you wanna see brutal medieval killing But that's about as far from Ippo as you're gonna get. What do you mean the same general premise? Guy starts from square one and improves visibly (lawl. In theory, IPPO ) throughout the manga?
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# ? Feb 12, 2010 02:25 |
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There's pretty much a poo poo ton of shounen manga where some high-school dude goes from a nobody to a martial arts badass, all of varying realism. History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi is pretty good, though much less realistic than Ippo is (or was until this fight).
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# ? Feb 12, 2010 02:30 |